Candidate profile - Nimalan Sellathturai

       Nimalan is from Doha, Qatar, and is a SSSI member.

Nimalan Sellathturai

address: Damac Group , Al Sadd, Doha, Qatar 5113, Qatar

telephone 97 466 007 420

email: nimalan31@yahoo.com

Professional profile

A dedicated and results-driven senior land surveyor with a highly successful international background in the achievement of profitable business growth through the successful project management of high profile and leading construction projects. Experienced in working with a diverse range of key internal and eternal stakeholders with the primary focus on exceeding expectations for project achievement whilst maximising timescales and budgets.  Possesses excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills and the ability to develop and maintain mutually beneficial internal and external relationships.  Enjoys being part of, as well as managing, motivating and training, a successful and productive team, and thrives in highly pressurised and challenging working environments

Career summary

2011 – date

Senior Land Surveyor, Damac Group, Doha-Qatar

Laffan DHT Project (Rass Laffan Industrial City, Qatar)

·            Setting out construction works including footings ,columns, walls for pipe track and electrical substation as well as conducting as-built surveys to constructed features, producing volumes and quantity values

·            Responsible for earth works and pipelines, the use of major survey instruments, survey report preparation and the improvement of soil and earth works

Business Square (Marina-com 036, Lusail, Qatar)

·            Responsible for the timely and budget conscious construction of this high rise building including the establishment of horizontal and vertical control points for fixed reference using total station and automatic levels

·            Setting out and levelling to piling works as well as preparing the cut of level to piles, guiding the site during pile trimming, confirming pile location and accuracy reporting

·            Survey drawing preparation in accordance with plan, the laying out and setting out of vertical and horizontal alignment of concrete structures, mechanical layout and electrical layout

·            Marking walls, core walls, columns and slab limits whilst maintaining the verticality of core walls and keeping control points accuracy

2009 – 2011

Land Surveyor, Damac Group, Doha-Qatar

Fox Hills Lusail – Piazza Plots (Phase 2)

·            Responsible for on site construction survey work, the use of major survey instruments, together with the establishment of horizontal and vertical control points for fixed reference using total station and automatic levels

·            A range of basement floor earth works in accordance with plans as well as setting out to retaining walls and plot limits

Fox Hills Lusail – Piazza Plots (Phase 1)

·            Developed and maintained high levels of knowledge in lands, structural, architectural and development processes

·            Extensive liaison with key internal and external stakeholders including clients, contractors and sub contractors

·            Prepared and planned horizontal and vertical data, collected and assessed construction data for design and setting processes together with the drafting of surveys, volume calculations and as-built drawings

·            Oversaw daily surveying operations, determined and implemented survey control procedures whilst verifying the accuracy of survey data including measurements and calculations conformance

·            Responsible for the maintenance of accurate on site notes, records and drawing as well as the allocation of previous maps, deeds, survey evidence and other records

·            Successfully established horizontal and vertical control points for fixed references using GPS and Total station and performed topographic surveys

·            Completed profile and cross sectioning of site construction areas, laid out and built all structural facilities based on designed plans including LPG gas pipe line, portable water pipe line, drainage pipe line and other underground facilities

·            Laid-out and set out concrete bridge vertical and horizontal alignment, processed and plotted data using AutoCAD as well as downloading, editing and processing data using GST software for Nikon total station

Pearl GTL Project (Off plot waste landfill cell)

·            Conducted survey work with the direction and guidance of the Assistant Resident Engineer and supervised survey party staff

Career summary (continued)

·            Established primary horizontal and vertical control points including reference ties to re- establishing points in the field, recorded measurements, rod readings and calculations

·            Liaised and worked in close partnership with contract surveyor on work priorities and schedules, and undertook rigorous checks by completing traverse closures and bench circuits

·            Reported discrepancies and technical problems to the Assistant Resident Engineer and completed a range of joint measurements of the completed work

·            Ensured work was completed in accordance with the line and grade required by the project plans, performed regular checks and maintained equipment with frequent calibration checks

·            Topographic and hydrographical surveys, data manipulation, the relocation and subdivision of lot corners, boundaries and other structural facilities in accordance with design plan

·            Road profile and cross sectioning, the creation and updating of accomplishment reports, coordination meetings and regular team briefs and updates

Qatar gas 3 & 4 (CTJV))

·            Successfully led a team in planning, undertaking and completing a range of works including vertical and horizontal structures, golf features, rail and road projects

·            Performed precision surveys for the construction of projects, checked survey works carried out by the contractors, reviewed survey submissions, and provided technical support to the Engineer

·            Assisted in survey projects lay out, prepared monthly reports, checked and processed billings

·            Checked the cross section for as built drawing, completed verification surveys, checked and set out work requests

Ethylene cracker – Olefin Project

·            Management, development and motivation of a multi-skilled team of field survey crews as well as instruction in the more complex aspects of field layout including replacing lost survey monuments and  setting property corners on city land from legal descriptions and title information

·            Key liaison figure between public utilities, contractors, and subcontractors as well as attending pre-construction conferences and coordinating work assignments in accordance with contractors schedules

·            Extensive work method review and analysis including detailed record keeping, studying operating problems and generating winning solutions and recommendations

·            Reports and analysis, the review of blueprints and legal deeds, determination of proposed rights-of-way together with supervision of the measurement of completed construction work

2009 – 2011

Land Surveyor, Jayasundara Associates, Colombo, Sri Lanka

·            Supervised and performed comprehensive public records land survey and field survey research together with the writing of easement descriptions and preparation of easement plats

·            Topography surveys, construction surveys and the monitoring, identification and resolution of technical, schedule and financial issues in close partnership with the Project Manager and senior management team

·            Played a pivotal role in the preparation of engineering services proposals, including the calculation / estimation of time schedules and proposed work costs

·            Acted as key client contact, developed, prepared and reviewed land and real property and geodetic surveys

·            Mission planning for Global Positioning System surveys and establishment of High Accuracy Reference Network within the state

·            Researched and generated recommendations for and against acceptance of network adjustments / closures as well as land title ownership, public, cooperative and private research

·            Reviewed land and geodetic activities with robust recommendations for policy and procedural changes together with extensive research, report preparation and expert assistance in the science and art of geodetic surveying

·            Report preparation, land geodetic survey analysis, progress and critical path scheduling

Education and qualifications

Member	Spatial and Surveying Sciences Institute, Australia (2012)
BS	Land Surveying, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka (2008)

Key I.T. skills

MS Office including Word and Excel, CAD, digital terrain modelling, geocalc, Ashtech Evaluate

References are available on request